Best Albums of the 1960s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1960s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 55,000 greatest album charts.

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1960s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
1960	734	27,511	Giant Steps (433rd)by John Coltrane
1961	655	23,052	My Favorite Things (607th)by John Coltrane
1962	674	21,323	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,084th)by Ray Charles
1963	698	49,569	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	805	49,646	A Hard Day's Night (223rd)by The Beatles
1965	950	145,870	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,036	187,450	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,225	300,245	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,590	225,320	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,992	345,858	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,359	1,375,844

The best artists of the 1960s were The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and The Rolling Stones.

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Abbey Road

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,679 charts

Rank Score:

62,510

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Average Rating:

92 (4,568 votes)

Comments:

471

Revolver

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,533 charts

Rank Score:

54,718

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Average Rating:

91 (4,529 votes)

Comments:

479

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,452 charts

Rank Score:

48,225

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Average Rating:

90 (4,538 votes)

Comments:

483

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,021 charts

Rank Score:

44,148

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,820 charts

Rank Score:

43,111

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Average Rating:

88 (3,233 votes)

Comments:

354

The Beatles (The White Album)

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,901 charts

Rank Score:

41,028

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Average Rating:

89 (3,781 votes)

Comments:

340

In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson)

King Crimson

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

2,031 charts

Rank Score:

30,637

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1965

Appears in:

2,340 charts

Rank Score:

29,579

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1965

Appears in:

2,320 charts

Rank Score:

29,375

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Average Rating:

88 (3,336 votes)

Comments:

256

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The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,374 charts

Rank Score:

28,381

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Average Rating:

87 (2,807 votes)

Comments:

207

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	60	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	52	5%
1964	71	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	139	14%
1968	192	19%
1969	190	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	15	2%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	12	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	633	63%
	207	21%
	32	3%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	961	96%
Yes	39	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	18	2%

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